Governor Signs Second Order Creating Agriculture Department

Governor signs second order creating Agriculture Department

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has once again issued an executive order to carve out a standalone Alaska Department of Agriculture, bypassing legislative inertia and aiming to consolidate agricultural policy under a single agency. In a letter dated Aug. 1 to House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and Senate President Gary Stevens, the governor said he was exercising his […] The post Governor signs second order creating Agriculture Department appeared first on Must Read…

Reporting From Alaska- Growing incompetence—Dunleavy's agriculture scheme will sprout a lawsuit

The Alaska Legislature rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy to create a Department of Agriculture in a 32-28 vote in March.One reason it failed is that the Dunleavy administration claimed it could create a new department at no cost. Even the dimmest bulb in Dunleavyland interpreted that dream as a fantasy.Dunleavy tried to recycle his failed executive order for the special session, a Saturday gathering highlighted by the Legislatu…